Washing-machine.



No. 884,016.4. v PATENTED APR. 1908.

' C. E. BEAN.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 17, 1907.

I i A i UMH! CIE WA. SEIN G-MA CHINE nu. seines.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April '7, 1908.

application sied nay rz, 1907. serial No. 374,233.

To all whom it may concern.:

vide a combined. boiler and Washer which will subject the clot-hes to the action of the suds and steam, and to provide improved and simplified mechanism tory agitating the clothes and removing the dirt therefrom 'While being subjected to the cleansing influences of the suds and steam.

TWith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists oi a containing vessel provided with a close fitting cover having a depending flange to provide a steam charnber in the top ot the vessel, an agitator depending from the cover and operated by suitable mechanism, and rubbers on the walls and bottom ot the vessel.

The invention further consists of a clothes Washer embodying certain other novel fea tures ol construction, combination and. arrangement of arts substantially as dis closed heroin an illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: n i

Figure 1, is a sectional side elevation of my improved Washing device, parts being broken away to expose the interior thereof. Fig. 2, is a top plan view oi' the device to more clearly illustrate the operating mechanism.

The device is adapted to be placed upon the stove or other heatinf7 medium so as to receive the heat direct therefrom and the clothes receptacle is preferably made of sheet metal in the form of a cylindrical containing vessel 1, Which is provided With the usual bails or handles 2, for lift-ing and carrying the saine. A dome shaped cover 3, is provided for the vessel which has a depend'-v ing annular 'rlange Li, making close engagement with the riin of the vessel to render the cover practically steam tight.' A relief cock 5, is profe ably' mounted on the cover to afford an outlet for the surplus steam. "The gage the clothes in the boiler.

@over is clamped down against the rim of the vessel byineans ot the clamps er catches 6, and it is 'further provided with the pair of Oppositely disposed handles 7.l Depending from the inner periphery of the cover, is an additional depending flange 8, which iiares inwardly on a curve to provide an annular steam chamber or space around the upper portion of the containing vessel. A bracket plate 9, is secured in a horizontal position on the top ot the cover, and journaled in the collarflO, on said plat-e and passing down through theV cover, is the stern 11., which carries on its lower end, the depending, radiating prongs or arms 12, which serve to en- A driving pinion 13, is mounted on the upper squared end ot the stem 11, which is engaged by and meshes with the segmental gear 14, this segmental gear being iournaled on the stud or post 15, supported on the bracket plate. A. handle 16, is carried by the segmental gear for operating the same.

Arranged on the inner Walls of the vessel, are the upwardly tapering substantially cylindrical members 17, which form rubbers for the clothes and being open at both ends, they form conduits tor-the passage of the steam and water. The lower ends of the tubular rubbers are flanged outwardly as at 18, the ianges being set at a downward ineline toward the-center oit the vessel, and the upper open ends of these vertical passages are rcierably set at an incline at 19.

T ie vessel or tub has a false bottoni in the sha )e of a conical disk 20, which is corrugated to orm the radiating ridges 21, and the circumference of the disk is cut away at 22, in order to pass over the vertical rubbers on the Walls or" the vessel. The edges of the -false bottom are su ported on the flanges at the base of the tuiiular rubbers andthe central portion of the disk is supported on the depending ring 23, which is secured direct to the disk. The ring is perforated as at24 to allow for the passage of the Water and a stud 25, atlixed centrally at the lowcrinost ortion of the disk serves as a handle for lifting and removing the false bottom.-

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it will be evident' that the device serves the double function oi clothes boiler and Washer in an eflicient manner, and that it accomplishes the results herein set forth as the objects of' the invention in a highly satisfactory way.

I claim:

1. The combination with aA boiler and a tight fitting cover therefor, of tubular open ended rubbers on the walls of the boiler, said rubbers having anged bases, a perforated false bottom resting on the bottom anges of the rubbers, an annular inwardly flaring rim depending from the cover forming an annular steam chamber aroundl the head of the' boiler, the tubular rubbers openinglup intosaid steam chamber and a clothes agitator depending from the vcover below the annular steam chamber.

2. In a Washing machine, the combination with a boiler and atight fitting cover thereto, of tubular o e`n ended rubbers ontheinterior walls of the oiler having flanged lower ends, a perforated and corrugated conical false bbttom resting on the base anges'of the rub-v bers', an annular `inwardly flaring rim d'e-,

pending from the cover to rvidean annular steam chamber in the hea of the boiler, said rim being first curved inwardly and then' directed downwardly at al slight yincline the.

tubular rubbers having theirupper open ends entered in said steam chamber, anda clothes y agitator depending from the cover, said agitator having diverginggrms projecting below the'an'nulardepending rim.`

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